Tooth-powder box.



No. 635,!35. Patnted Oct. I7, I899.

l. HAWLEY.

TOOTH POWDER BOX.

, (Application filed July 10, 1899.)

(No Model.)

NITED TATES rrren.

IRAD HAWLEY, or EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

TOOTH-POWDER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of. Letters Patent No. 635,135, dated October17, 1899. Application filed July 10,1899. $erial No. 723,262. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRAD HAWLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Tooth- Power Boxes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to be able to deliver lengthwise upon thebody of the bristles of a tooth-brush aquantity of tooth-powder that isjust suficient for one application and at the same time to prevent theescape of any of the main body of tooth-powder from the receptacle.

In carrying out my invention I provide the tooth-powder receptacle orbox with a cylindrical top closed at both ends and open at the union ofthe cylindrical top with the toothpowder receptacle. I also provide anarrow axial mortise in one side of the cylindrical top and a transversemortise in the other side of said top. The cylindrical top has a hollowplug fitting within it, in which there is a recess, made longitudinallyof the plug, ofa size adapted to hold sufficient tooth-powder for oneapplication. This recess normally occupies a' position over the openingbetween the cylindrical top and the tooth-powder receptacle, so thatwhen the receptacle or box is overturned the recess is filled withtoothpowder, and I provide a projecting stem and head moving in thetransverse mortise for turning the hollow plug about a quarter of a.revolution, so as to bring the recess filled with tooth-powder oppositethe axial mortise in the cylindrical top, so that when the receptacle orbox is turned to one side the powder will be delivered upon the bristlesof the toothbrush in line with the row of bristles.

To insure the delivery of the tooth-powder from the receptacle in thehollow plug, I prefer to employ a plate of metal normally lying adjacentto the bottom of the recess and to continue the stem employed to turnthe plug through the plug and connect the same to said plate and toplace around said stem a helical spring, whose action is to keep theplate in place against the bottom of the recess. When the stem is movedendwise, the said plate is moved toward the mouth of the recess and thepowder is forced out by the action of the plate.

The tooth-powder receptacle or box a ispreferably rectangular in across-section. The upper end of the same is contracted and the cylindrieal top I) with closed ends is connected to the contracted end of thereceptacle or box, there being a long narrow internal opening where thecylindrical top and the receptacle or box are joined. The cylindricaltop I) is provided at one side with a narrow axial mortise 2 and at theother side with a transverse mortise 3. The plug 0, fitting within thecylindrical top b, is preferably hollow and the ends may be closed, andthe plug is provided with a recess 0, whose outlines conform to theaxial mortise 2 in the cylindrical top. The normal position of thisrecess is at the opening between the cylindrical top and the powderreceptacle or box,'so that when the same is overturned the said recessis filled with powder, and the plug fits the cylindrical topsufficiently tight to prevent any of the main body of tooth-powderaccidentally escaping through the 1'nortises'2 or 3.

I employ a head cl and stem d", connected to the plug 0 and passingthrough the mortise to employ a plate 6 in the base of the recess,

lying normally against the bottom of the same, the plate e and the stemd being firmly connected together.

The portion of the mortise 3 at the upper end of the cylindrical top I)is of a width to freely receive the stein d, while the base of themortise 3 nearest to the tooth-powder receptacle or box is made. large.enough to receive the head d, the oftice of the stem and plate in thisconnection being both as a means for turning the plug from the normalposition where the recess receives the tooth-powder into the position atthe mortise 2, where the tooth-powder is delivered, and as a'ineans forforcing out the powder by the longitudinal movement of the stem d,effected by a pressure of the finger upon the head d and thesimultaneous movement of the plate 6 toward the mouth of the recess andthe mortise 2 in the top, so as to insure the delivery of thetooth-powder.

I claim as my invention-- 1. A tooth-powder box comprising a receptaclefor the powder, a cylindrical top with closed ends, there being aninternal opening at the union of the top and receptacle, the said tophaving a narrow axial mortise in one side and a transverse mortise inthe other side, a plug fitting said cylindrical top and having a recessof a size to receive tooth-pow- ,der sufficient for one application,said recess being normally in line with the opening between thecylindrical top and the tooth-powder receptacle, a stem and headconnected to the plug and passing through the transverse mortise of thecylindrical top as a means for imparting a partial rotation to the plugto bring the recess therein to coincide with the mortise in the side ofthe cylindrical top through which the tooth-powder of the recess isdelivered upon the brush, substantially as set forth.

and having a recess of a size to receive toothpowder suflicient for oneapplication, said recess being normally in line with the opening betweenthe cylindrical top and the toothpowder receptacle, a stem passingthrough the transverse mortise of the cylindrical top and through thehollow plug into the recess and having a head outside the cylindricaltop, a spring around the stem and a plate within the recess secured tothe end of the stem and lying normally against the bottom of the recess,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A tooth-powder box comprising a receptacle for the powder, acylindrical top with closed ends, there being an internal opening at theunion of the top and receptacle, the said top having a narrow axialmortise in one side and a transverse mortise in the other side, a plugfitting said cylindrical top and having a recess of a size to receivetooth-powder sufficient for one application, said recess being normallyin line with the opening between the cylindrical top and thetooth-powder receptacle, a plate within the recess lying normallyagainst the bottom of the recess, a means connected to said plate forprojecting the same to deliver the tooth-powder from the recess and ameans for turning the plug to bring the recess into line with the narrowaxial mortise, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

Signed by me this 7th day of July, 1899.

IRAD HAWLEY.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINOKNEY, E. E. PonLE.

